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The unimaginable shock
When Melissa felt the deep, warm heartbreak spread through her chest, it was almost comforting in its familiarity. Pain had become a language she understood too well.She sat quietly on the edge of her bed, hands resting limply on her lap, eyes unfocused. The room was dim, curtains drawn, the city lights outside bleeding faintly through the cracks like wounded stars. Her breathing was shallow, controlled—too controlled for someone who felt like her heart had just been torn open again.Behind her, the door creaked.“I guess you’re thinking about Ethan,” Turner’s voice came, smooth and intrusive, like a blade sliding across glass. “The man whose wealth suddenly went viral. Not even the government has been able to track him down.”Melissa’s fingers curled slowly into fists.“Father,” she said without turning, her voice dangerously calm. “Spare me that. Do not mention his name before me. Not even his shadow. He is the last thing I want to hear.”Turner scoffed softly and stepped further i
The sudden affection
Ethan’s voice was low, almost pleading now, but the anger behind it made it dangerous.“Ethan, I don’t know where you have gotten your wealth,” Melissa said firmly, pulling her wrist back as if his presence alone stained her skin. “All I want from you is to step aside from anything that has to do with my life. I don’t love you anymore, and I’m not ready to do that at any time.”For a moment, the street seemed too quiet.The city lights still shone, cars still passed, but between them, it felt like the world paused.Ethan’s jaw tightened.“What do you want from me, Melissa?” he demanded, his voice rising with desperation. “Name your price, and I will give it to you. If that is enough to win your heart back to me.”Melissa’s lips curled, not in amusement but in disbelief.“Did I just hear you say I should name my price?” she asked slowly, each word sharp like glass. “When your money runs in billions, yet you are unable to pay off your debt.”The words struck him directly where it hurt.
Ethan’s disappearance became the biggest headline in the country.
“Escaped prisoner still at large.”“Government under pressure.”“Two days left to find Ethan Carter.”Police sirens filled the streets every night. Officers searched forests, raided empty warehouses, questioned anyone connected to him.But Ethan was nowhere.Or rather… Ethan was everywhere they weren’t looking.He sat comfortably in a private lounge of a five-star hotel, legs crossed, a glass of expensive wine in his hand.A man in a suit approached carefully.“Mr. Carter… or should I say, Mr. Cole,” the man said nervously.Ethan smiled.“Names don’t matter. Money does.”The man swallowed.“You paid for the entire penthouse in cash. For three months.”Ethan leaned back.“Then you should be thanking me.”“Yes, sir. Of course.” The man hesitated. “But… the news—”Ethan’s smile faded.“You talk too much.”The man quickly raised his hands.“No, no, I didn’t mean—”Ethan cut him off.“Bring me what I asked for. Clothes. Watches. Cars.”The man nodded fast.“Immediately, sir.”When he left,
Ethan’s Escape and the Deal That Changed Everything
The prison was not supposed to break.It was built from concrete thicker than trust, iron stronger than promises, and rules that crushed men until they forgot they were ever free.Ethan had spent months inside it, counting the days not by calendars but by suffering.Every morning, the same cold walls.Every night, the same bitter silence.The air smelled of sweat, regret, and rust.And Ethan…Ethan was tired of being powerless.He was tired of being the man everyone stepped on.Tired of being Melissa’s mistake.Tired of being Daniel’s shadow.In prison, he had nothing.No suits.No wealth.No name that mattered.Just a number stitched onto fabric, and a future that looked like a locked door.But locked doors had always made Ethan curious.And curiosity, mixed with desperation, was a dangerous thing.That night, the prison was quieter than usual.Rain fell outside, heavy and relentless, tapping against the barred windows like impatient fingers.The guards were fewer.The power flickere
The argument
Melissa wasn’t done.Not even close.The beach confrontation hadn’t ended inside her the way Clara thought it had. It hadn’t disappeared with the waves or been buried beneath the sand.No.It followed her home.It crawled into her chest like a living thing, wrapping itself around her ribs, tightening every time she remembered Clara’s calm voice.Put it down.The humiliation burned worse than the gun ever could.Melissa sat in her bedroom that night like a statue carved from anger and shame. The lights were off, but her eyes were open, staring into the darkness as though she could find answers there.Her fingers trembled occasionally.Not from fear.From rage.Her purse lay on the floor beside her, the gun still inside it like a secret she didn’t know what to do with anymore.She had imagined victory.She had imagined Clara shaking.Begging.Running.But instead…Clara had looked at her like she was nothing more than a desperate girl throwing stones at the ocean.Melissa’s jaw clenched
The war for Daniel
Melissa’s fingers tightened around the gun again, but her courage was collapsing.Clara leaned closer.“Put it down,” Clara ordered.Melissa didn’t move.Clara’s voice became colder.“Melissa… put it down. Or I swear to you, this beach will be the last place you ever breathe.”Melissa swallowed hard.She hated Clara.She hated her calmness.She hated her confidence.She hated that Daniel looked at Clara like she was the answer to his prayers.But Melissa also hated fear.And right now, fear was creeping into her bones.Slowly, Melissa pulled the gun away from Clara’s stomach.Clara didn’t relax yet.She kept her own gun pressed against Melissa.Melissa scoffed bitterly.“You think you’ve won?” Melissa asked.Clara’s eyes didn’t move.“This is not a competition,” Clara replied. “It’s a warning.”Melissa’s voice shook with frustration.“Daniel is mine,” she whispered.Clara’s lips curled slightly.“No,” Clara corrected her. “Daniel is not anyone’s property. But he chose me. And that is
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